Vampire Nocturnus
Vampire Nocturnus: Creature - Vampire, Magic 2013. Play with the top card of your library revealed. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Vampire
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Magic 2013 (M13)
- Released
- 2012-07-13
- Collector number
- 113
- Artist
- Raymond Swanland
- Commander rank
- 8,860 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Vampire Nocturnus
Vampire Nocturnus is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black creature from Magic 2013 (M13), a core set released in July 2012. It is collector number 113 in that set, with art by Raymond Swanland. It costs {1}{B}{B}{B} (one generic and three black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Magic 2010 (2009) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
As long as the top card of your library is black, this creature and other Vampire creatures you control get +2/+1 and have flying.
"Your life will set with the sun."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.56 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Vampire Nocturnus by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Vampire Nocturnus
Vampire Nocturnus has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #M10-118 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Promos (PDP13) #3 | Mythic | 2012 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #33105 | Mythic | 2010 |
| Magic 2010 (M10) #118 | Mythic | 2009 |
| Magic 2010 Promos (PM10) #118★ | Mythic | 2009 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Vampire Nocturnus, newest first.
- If the top card of your library is black, Vampire Nocturnus will give itself +2/+1 and flying even if it's somehow not a Vampire.
- When playing with the top card of your library revealed, if an effect tells you to draw several cards, reveal each one before you draw it.
- The top card of your library isn't in your hand, so you can't suspend it, cycle it, discard it, or activate any of its activated abilities.
- If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, the new top card won't be revealed until you finish doing so.
- To work as an evasion ability, an attacking creature must already have flying when the declare blockers step begins. Once a creature has become blocked, giving it flying won't change that.
Similar cards
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